After experiencing a wave of upsurge in hydrogen energy research and development, hydrogen energy has been a little quiet some time ago. There are many people who say that "hydrogen energy is popular but not popular" and "hydrogen energy development should be considered "cold"" . Recently, hydrogen energy has once again detonated the circle of friends in the energy industry.
First, Sinopec held a strategic seminar on "Planning the Future of Hydrogen". Invite 8 academicians and many industry and business people to talk about the development of hydrogen energy. Zhang Yuzhuo, Chairman and Party Secretary of Sinopec, said that hydrogen energy is ushering in a period of strategic opportunities for rapid development, and Sinopec will continue to increase investment in the field of hydrogen energy. The development prospects of hydrogen energy are very bright, but how to choose the development direction of the hydrogen energy industry, how to optimize the development path, and how to grasp the development opportunities require in-depth research and exploration and practice.
The second thing is that China’s first hydrogen energy company, Yihuatong, is going to be listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board.
EHYTONG was founded in 2012. In less than ten years of development, EHYTONG has developed a hydrogen fuel cell power system with independent core intellectual property rights, and has cooperated with CRRC, Yutong Bus, Foton Automobile, Zhongzhi New Energy, Foshan Feichi and others jointly develop new energy models and fixed energy storage devices such as large and medium-sized buses, logistics vehicles and trams. In terms of hydrogenation stations, Yihuatong builds and operates China's first hydrogenation station - Yongfeng Hydrogenation Station. In 2017, Yihuatong signed an agreement with China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation 718 to lay out hydrogenation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. site network. At present, Yihuatong has built hydrogen refueling stations in Beijing, Zhangjiakou, Chengdu and other places, and the layout in other regions is also being planned.
The Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee has proposed that "Beijing 2022 will all use clean energy vehicles." At present, the Beijing and Zhangjiakou municipal governments have determined the strategy of using hydrogen fuel vehicles for large and medium-sized buses and trucks in the competition area. It is expected that there will be 2,000 vehicles Hydrogen energy vehicles are put into operation and 16 hydrogen refueling stations are under construction. It is not difficult to judge that at least until 2022, the market has considerable confidence in Yihuatong.
Let’s take a look at Sinopec’s trends in laying out the hydrogen energy industry.
First of all, the development of the hydrogen energy industry is in line with Sinopec’s industry positioning and development direction. At the same time, Sinopec also has an absolute advantage in developing the hydrogen energy industry. Sinopec has abundant hydrogen energy resources and skilled hydrogen production technology. Sinopec’s Yanshan Petrochemical will start production in 2020, using hydrogen produced by industrial by-products such as petrochemicals and methanol. Its designed hydrogen production capacity is 2000Nm3/h. Currently, Sinopec’s annual hydrogen production More than 3 million tons.
In terms of terminal sales, Sinopec has a huge gas station network with more than 30,000 gas stations. Using existing gas stations to jointly build hydrogen refueling stations can not only alleviate the pressure of construction approval, but also Sinopec has safe production management experience, operational convenience. Therefore, Sinopec’s layout of hydrogen refueling station infrastructure should be relatively easy to scale up. At present, Sinopec has built hydrogen-oil hybrid demonstration stations in Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang and other places.
So is the development of hydrogen energy in my country currently hot or cold? You can make your own judgment based on the following information. As of February 2020, the number of hydrogen refueling stations in China has reached 64, and 40 regions have introduced relevant hydrogen energy industry development plans. The "Blue Book on Infrastructure Development of China's Hydrogen Energy Industry" issued by the National Hydrogen Energy Standardization Committee clearly states that by 2030, 1,000 hydrogenation stations will be built in China and the number of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will reach 1 million.
The most important policy trend is that my country has clearly formulated a national hydrogen energy strategic plan in 2020. It is not difficult to see that the next wave of hydrogen energy development is coming.